A New Global Social Contract

Sundeep is a leading thinker for the future, what may or will happen, and how to prepare. He is the author of the much-read book “A World Without War”. Chairman of the Strategic Foresight Group, an India-based think tank that has worked with or on 65 countries since its founding in 2002, he is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflicts in Oxford.
He says more and more our problems are civilizational, but our responses are national. This results in a fundamental malfunctioning of the international system. We run risks in even the short term from nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence that is badly used. Sundeep works with organizations – national and global – to help find workable solutions. He tells us more in his podcast below.
The Shorts (Video)
The Transcript
The Strategic Foresight Group and A World Without War
Civilizational or national? A dangerous period
Danger of convergence between nuclear and artificial intelligence arms races
European Parliament and Stefan Löfven
Action Plan Proposed. Early Precedents
Four factors in our new 21st century age
A composite solution to address these four problems.
Nationalism devouring sense of humanity. Historical precedents.
Benefits, not sacrifices: I Am because We Are
Can storytelling make a difference?
Global framework: mitigation of risks, maximization of benefits
Need to understand the benefits
AI if properly harnessed can prevent pandemics
When do children start to think “us vs them”?
Final thoughts from Sundeep: you can create a world without war

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Links to explore
The Strategic Foresight Group
A World Without War
(photo from WGI World)
Book review by the World Geographic Insights
Excellent detailed review from Scroll.in
An interview with World Geographic Insights
Une gouvernance pour la paix en Afrique
Sundeep on the Wikipedia
Sundeep on LinkedIn
Sundeep’s website